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Italy will be similarly motivated to defibrillate some life into their tournament after a spluttering display in the loss to Scotland. They are in front of a home crowd with memories of wins over the men in red in two of their last three meetings. Expectations will rightly be running high for a settled squad against a Wales team at perhaps their lowest ebb since the game turned professional in the mid 1990s.
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Everything regarding form and levels of fandom hope points to a victory for the Azzurri, but the visitors today will recall that the two recent defeats were of the tiniest margin, and also puzzlingly not in Rome but in Cardiff. It feels like crumbs of comfort, probably because it is.
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One team’s life will be remain a terrible thing soon enough, find out which one with me here.
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preamble
Dylan Thomas, the best word mizer Wales has ever produced, once wrote, “Life is not terrible, do you thank God?” Rugby fans in the country don't need to endlessly explore the tortured soul like a poet to know what he means. But like Thomas' character Polly Garter who spoke those words, there could be a unified, exciting purpose and strange pride harvested from what others judged your pathetic state. There is. This is what Warren Gatland and his team must leave in Rome today to reveal their best chances to end a 13-game defeat.
Italy is likewise motivated to defibrilise some life in the tournament after an exhibition of bouncing in defeat to Scotland. They are in front of the Home Cloud, who has memories of victory over the Red men, two of their final three meetings. With their lowest decline since the game became professional in the mid-1990s, expectations run right against the settling team against the Welsh team.
Everything about Fandom Hope's form and level Azzurrihowever, today's visitors recall that the two recent defeats are the smallest margins, and are inexplicable in Cardiff, not Rome. Probably because that's the case.
A team's life soon becomes terrible. Find something with me here.
